First and foremost (and more importantly): I highly suggest any one using Quest, make an appointment in advance if you can. I was referred to Quest from LabCorp because Labcorp doesn't accept Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance. Had I known that, I wouldn't have made an appointment with LC online over a week ago.
I can't down rate this place and I can't up rate this place. It's somewhere in between because it's a blood work ("diagnostic") center.
Having had been turned away for my BCBS insurance card at 7:50 in the morning and told to go to Quest, I arrived at 8, to a very full waiting area. It was almost standing room only, and people were close to sitting on top of each other. I signed in and found my way to a bench to sit and wait to be called to register. The more people strolled in and signed in, the longer it seemed to take to be called. There were people called every 10 - 15 minutes to go in the back and give a donation (blood, etc).
By the time I was called to check in and make sure my information was right and put in the computer, I had been there for an hour and 10 minutes with no previous staff acknowledgement. Prior to this point, a gentleman was asked by a staff member if he had been checked in. He had been there as long as I had, and perhaps even longer. It took 10 more minutes of being asked the check in question, to finally be called to check in. Then there was another 10 to be called back to do what he was there for. When I was finally called to check in, I waited 15 more minutes among the crowd, to be called in back and quickly have my blood drawn. I think the phlebotomist that took me, was the only one working.. which may explain why the place was packed to the gills and everything being so slow.
All in total, I was there for roughly an hour and a half. I don't know who had appointments and who didn't, as people had come in after me, and waited half the time, while others came in before me and waited longer. It felt like walk ins were welcome, but they will have a much longer wait before they are seen.
Good thing I was already in the Quest system and everything was up to date. There will be a point where I'll get my bill in the mail, as it was mumbled to me there was a chance BCBS won't cover everything so I'll have to pick up the tab. Fair enough, as sometimes that happens.
There is a silver lining to all of this: The guy checking people in, had a couple minutes "to spare" (he wasn't checking people in, even though I hadn't been called up nor had 5 other people at that time), he took a few minutes to wipe down the check in counter with Lysol wipes. He scrubbed the whole counter, the sign in clip board, the metal chain connecting a pen to the clip board, the pen, and everything else people are touching up in that area. That was really nice to see! read more